I heard about it via the London Girl Geek Dinners mailing list . . . → Read the rest of this entry...]]> On November 4 head on down to Soho where 14 to 18 year old girls from Tower Hamlets pitching their app ideas to an event in the style of the BBC’s “Dragons’ Den”

I heard about it via the London Girl Geek Dinners mailing list and I went through the background of Apps for Good. My, what an excellent idea and programme this is!

Apps for Good is the new programme by CDI Europe where young people learn to create apps that change their world.

During April- June 2010 we successfully ran the first prototype course with 9 young people between 16-26 years at the High Trees Development Trust in Tulse Hill/South London. We are now busy preparing to re-run the course on High Trees between August- October 2010 and to launch in four other locations in Greater London and the South East of England until the end of the year.
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This Thursday two groups of students will work their magic.

1. Students from the Central Foundation Girls School in East London will pitch their initial ideas, and
2. Students from South London will present their final ideas.

There is a full panel of “Dragons” as well.

• James Murray Wells, Founder and Executive Chairman, Glasses Direct
• Scott Seaborn, Head of Mobile Tecnologies, Ogilvy Group
• Rahul Chakkara, Director of Online for TalkTalk Group
• Jo Twist, Commissioning Editor for Education, Channel 4
• Antony Marcano, Founder, Riverglide Software & Business Consultancy

You can find all information about the event here: http://ideaspitches-dragonsden.eventbrite.com/

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With lube & affection Uploaded by Olive Talique on 26 Apr 09, 6.38PM GMT.

I love the idea of people getting together to discuss how new technologies and social media can affect young people and spread more awareness on issues of sexual health.

Enter sex::tech 2010 which will be held in San Francisco (Feb. 26 and 27).

The Internet and mobile technologies have strengthened youth networks, provided new avenues for expression, and increased youth access to tools and information designed to improve their sexual health. Sex::Tech explores available tools and methods for reaching youth with culturally appropriate STD/HIV prevention and sex education interventions.
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Check out the schedule which seems to be nicely varied. I especially like the discussion about the digital divide and reaching urban youth.

The digital divide is something that all tech enthusiasts tend to forget (myself included). Nowadays I even see it in consumer research that claims to be ‘representative’ with only an online sample. By realising that not all members of the population have access to the same resources you can begin to tailor your communications. If for example I was targeting the over 75s in rural Britain (I recently was really close to such a campaign) the web would not really be my primary outlet. So it’s heartening to see a discussion on the sex::tech conference that also addresses the issue of access.

I look forward to the results of the day. If you happen to find yourself there and you intend to blog about it drop me a line.

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Hat tip to Ryan T. who pointed me in the direction of the conference – check him out on Twitter he is a top bloke!

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post (I tend not to do them)

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It’s a good idea if you are a new company (or even if you are more established) to have very clear goals in mind when making the effort (and spending the time and money) to go to an industry event like a . . . → Read the rest of this entry...]]>

It’s a good idea if you are a new company (or even if you are more established) to have very clear goals in mind when making the effort (and spending the time and money) to go to an industry event like a conference or exhibition. And I mean a different industry than your own. We were at the World Travel Market this week so that’s what partly prompted this post – as well as Manolis’ fascination at the absence of some companies that we ‘d expect to have seen there.

Read more on SoMaFusion’s travelogue

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Disclaimer: I work (and blog) for SoMaFusion. Sometimes (but not always) I write posts which I think also work well in this blog.

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This year’s theme is entitled “The Great Debate: How can ‘old’ media survive?” and it will focus on the future of traditional media platforms.

With an array of high-profile media leaders taking . . . → Read the rest of this entry...]]> The London Business School is organising is 6th London Media Summit 2008 which will take place on  Monday the 24th of November.

This year’s theme is entitled “The Great Debate: How can ‘old’ media survive?” and it will focus on the future of traditional media platforms.

With an array of high-profile media leaders taking part, “The Great Debate: how can ‘old’ media survive” will consist of compelling keynote speeches, authoritative panel discussions and excellent networking opportunities (…)
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The list of speakers is certainly impressive but I would certainly prefer some speakers who are using new media more aggressively than those on the list or some speakers who represent new media. If old media representatives are there to talk about the future shouldn’t they be getting some ideas from others as well? Just a thought.

Do let me know if anyone will be attending – I’d like to hear impressions and thoughts.

Read On: 
Overload! Journalism’s battle for relevance in an 
age of too much information by Bree Nordenson of the Columbia Journalist Review
Journalism: Filtering, interpretation, context on mathewingram.com/work
The Future Of Newspapers by Jorge Escobara of JungleG

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